short answer: yes
long answer: basically, the Decepticons were running the TF's homeworld of Cybertron...the Autobots decided to head off planet to look for more energy resources so they could battle to take the planet back...while on their way to Earth (4,000,000 years ago), the Decepticons hijack the ship and a big battle ensues inside...the computer gets blasted and goes nuts and causes the ship carrying all the TFs to crash into the side of an inactive volcano in what would someday become Washington state. All the TFs inside are basically knocked out and in "sleep mode" from then until the present. The volcano sort of erupts, causing the ship to shake and sends one of the Decepticons (Skywarp) into this active ray beam that sort of revives him AND changes his transformation into that of an earth vehicle. One by one, he revives the rest of the Decepticons with said ray and they take off, but not before Starscream sends a parting shot to the volcano (mountain), burying the ship underneath rubble. It also inadvertantly sends Optimus Prime (the Autobot leader) into that same ray and revives him. They spend the first two seasons battling on Earth, both trying to get back to Cybertron to reclaim it...of course, the Autobots are naturally good so they end up spending more time saving stupid humans that get themselves into trouble than they do actually getting the resources needed to beat the Decepticons once and for all.